About The Club

In response to numerous parental requests, Nuestra Voz, in 2009 took the lead to create: Valley of the Moon Soccer Club that became one of the first local clubs to offer affordable Developmental Soccer Program. For our recreational teams we had a soccer program that was primarily devoted to the enjoyment and development of soccer players without the emphasis on travel or high level competition. The purpose of recreational soccer was to cultivate healthy children through physical exercise while encouraging them to be active out doors. In the other side, we provided an opportunity for the participants to had fun and learn the sport and develop life skills including a life long love of the game. It was open for the whole Sonoma Valley but on behalf of the low income families from Boyes Hot Springs and Agua Caliente the unincorporated areas of Sonoma.

Children used to practice two times per week and played on Saturdays using the facilities of two local schools, on summer vacation season. The activity was conducted by parents and community volunteers including Mario Cabrera as president of the club.

I want to take advantage of this space to stress the importance of being involved in sports because it provides a great aid to maintain ourselves active and healthy. In this occasion I would like to talk about Karate Do: “The Road of the Empty Hand” (Karate= Empty Hand; Do= The Road) which is the discipline that I practice. We have all seen Karate demonstrations on the T.V. and in movies about how a person can break boards and bricks with their bare hands or feet. We have also seen how an unarmed karateka can destroy and beat many armed opponents. Without a doubt, Karate is a lot more than that. Karate evolved more than a 1,000 years ago, not only as a form of unarmed combat but as a way to discipline the body and soul; to be able to reach a point of unity. Even more than then conditioning our bodies and increasing our strength, speed, coordination and resis- tance, karate sharpens our concentration (90% of children who participate in karate, regularly do well in school) our vigilance and understanding. It also helps us relax (without presumption or insolence) and boost our self- confidence; with those we can achieve a deep relaxation and a sensation of peace within.

Zumba | Zumba

Zumba and Aerobic classes are design since 2008 to encourage moms to do exercise as an addition of implementing healthier habits in eating and exercise on families. We maintain and strengthen existing access to the physical fitness classes in the Burbank Housing Community Center on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.